Newsfront (1979)
Movie Info
Set between the years 1949 and 1956, Newsfront tracks the destinies of two brothers, their adventures and misadventures placed in the context of sweeping social and political changes in their native Australia. Both of the protagonists are newsreel photographers. Frank (Gerard Maguire) is constitutionally resistant to change, while Len (Bill Kennedy) welcomes any alterations in his own life and in the world around him. The film fluctuates between black and white and color, between actual news footage and reconstructed events. Newsfront is what The Way We Were might have looked like on a tiny budget with a cast of unknowns. The film represented a laudable feature-film directorial debut for one-time documentary filmmaker Philip Noyce. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Cast
Bill Hunter
as Len Maguire
as Len Maguire
Wendy Hughes
as Amy McKenzie
as Amy McKenzie
Gerard Kennedy
as Frank Maguire
as Frank Maguire
Chris Haywood
as Chris Hewett
as Chris Hewett
John Ewart
as Charlie Henderson
as Charlie Henderson
Angela Punch McGregor
as Fay Maguire
as Fay Maguire
Don Crosby
as A.G. Marwood
as A.G. Marwood
Bryan Brown
as Geoff the Editor
as Geoff the Editor
John Clayton
as Cliff the Production Manager
as Cliff the Production Manager
Lorna Lesley
as Ellie
as Ellie
John Dease
as Ken the Narrator
as Ken the Narrator
Drew Forsythe
as Bruce the Second Editor
as Bruce the Second Editor
Tony Barry
as Greasy the Sound Mixer
as Greasy the Sound Mixer
Mark Holden
as Len's New Assistant
as Len's New Assistant
Alexander Archdale
as Sir Charles
as Sir Charles
Bill Lyle
as Macka the Projectionist
as Macka the Projectionist
Paul Jones
as Charlie's assistant
as Charlie's assistant
Bruce Spence
as Redex Trial Driver
as Redex Trial Driver
Les Foxcroft
as Redex Trial Driver
as Redex Trial Driver
Robyn Moase
as Dinah
as Dinah
John Flaus
as Father Coughlan
as Father Coughlan
Chad Morgan
as Redex Singer
as Redex Singer
Critic Reviews for Newsfront
All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
Newsfront is, in any case, a pleasant and nostalgic movie, told in a key a little too low to constantly involve us.
December 6, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It is fascinating material, reasonably exotic.
December 12, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The way the newsreels are woven into the fictionalized story is seamless.
April 17, 2009 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
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